Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 8053
- judith.bateup@otago.ac.nz
- Position
- Senior Teaching Fellow
- Department
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Qualifications
- BSc(Hons) PhD(Otago)
- Research summary
- Microbiology of the gastrointestinal tract
Research
Dr Bateup's research (in collaboration with Professor Gerald Tannock) has focused on lactobacilli, which are members of the normal microflora of several animal species.
One study involved the production of the enzyme bile salt hydrolase (which deconjugates conjugated bile salts in the intestinal tract resulting in deconjugated bile acids) and the enzyme's effect on bacterial growth. In another project, molecular techniques such as ribotyping were used to investigate the lactobacilli present in the gastrointestinal tract of swine.
Publications
Bateup, J. (2014). Microbiology and immunology workshop. Proceedings of the New Zealand Association of Science Educators (NZASE) Science Conference (SciCon). Retrieved from http://wired.ivvy.com/event/AKB002/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Bateup, J. (2013). Fostering links between schools and universities. Proceedings of the 4th First Year Biology Educators Colloquium (FYBEC4). (pp. 4). Retrieved from http://fybec4.wordpress.com/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Heng, N. C. K., Bateup, J. M., Loach, D. M., Wu, X., Jenkinson, H. F., Morrison, M., & Tannock, G. W. (1999). Influence of different functional elements of plasmid pGT232 on maintenance of recombinant plasmids in Lactobacillus reuteri populations in vitro and in vivo. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 65, 5378-5385. Journal - Research Article
Bateup, J., Dobbinson, S., McConnell, M. A., Munro, K., & Tannock, G. W. (1998). Molecular analysis of the composition of Lactobacillus populations inhabiting the stomach and caecum of pigs. Microbial Ecology in Health & Disease, 10, 95-102. Journal - Research Article
Tannock, G. W., Bateup, J. M., & Jenkinson, H. F. (1997). Effect of sodium taurocholate on the in vitro growth of lactobacilli. Microbial Ecology, 33(2), 163-167. Journal - Research Article